Paneer Pulao

Paneer pulao is very easy to make and it is quick too. We can prepare this rice in no time. Nice for lazy weekends when you feel like puttering in the kitchen.

To prepare this, lightly shallow fry paneer first since it helps to add color to pulao and a few roasted cashews make this special. I added few mint leaves for fresh aroma.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 2 cups

Paneer – 16-20 small cubes

Onion – 1 small

Bay leaf – 2 leaves

Lemon juice – 3 tsps

Coconut milk – ½ cup

Mint leaves – ¼ cup chopped

Cloves -  4 no

Green chillies – 3 no

Cinnamon sticks – 2 small

Jeera – 1 tsp

Salt As Required

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Ghee or Oil – 2 tsp

Water – 2 ½ cups

Cashews – 6-10 no

Preparation

• Shallow fry paneer cubes in 1 tsp of oil for 4 -5 minutes, until they gently turn to golden brown on both the sides.
• Remove the paneer and keep in cold water with salt for 5 minutes

• After 5 minutes remove from water and keep them aside.
• Wash basmati rice and soak in water for 30mins
• Now in a cooking pan heat ghee in a pan,add ginger garlic paste.
• Now add bay leaves, cloves, jeera, cinnamon sticks, cashews and sauté for few minutes.
• Add onions and green chillies, mint leaves and mix well.
• Add basmati rice by draining water and mix well
• Now take the above mixed spices, rice in rice cooker add water, coconut milk, lemon juice and salt.
• Lastly place paneer cubes on top of rice and cook well.
• Serve with raita.

Sending this to HLI-Paneer hosted by Jayashree originally started by Kalyani

Paneer Frankie / Veg Kathi Roll

When I was working in Hyderabad, I used to have frankies at a regular basis in my office cafeteria. I love them!!! . Now staying in US, I really miss this street food item. 

I taught why not try in our home, and made this yummy snack this weekend. I and my husband enjoyed them a lot!!!

Frankie’s or Kathi Rolls is Street food item from India. These looks like wraps and they can be filled with a variety of ingredients like vegetables, meat, chicken, eggs, potatoes or paneer. I made paneer franky and learnt this recipe from showmethecurry cooking site.

We can use any variety of chuntey as a spread for roti. I used green chutney, sliced the Frankie’s into cute pieces and wrapped them with silver foil / to hold properly. To make these quick we can use tortillas or regular left-over Chapatis instead of roti’s.

Source :  Showmethecurry.com

Ingredients:

For 5 Frankie’s

For Roti’s

All purpose flour -1 cup

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt - ½ tsp

Potato – 1 small boiled, peeled and mashed

For Filling

Paneer – 10oz/100grams mashed into small pieces

Potato – 2 small no boiled peeled and mashed

Green chillies – 2 no chopped

Chaat Powder – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Oil – 2 tsps

Coriander powder – ½ tsp

Garam masala powder– ½ tsp

For Garnish

Onions – to taste fine sliced

Lemon juice – to taste

Coriander leaves – fine chopped

Green chutney – to taste

Preparation

• Combine all purpose flour/maida, salt and mix.
• Add 1 tsp of oil and rub it into the flour.
• Add mashed potatoes and mix well.
• Add little water at a time to form soft dough.
• Knead for couple of minutes.
• Drizzle a little oil over the dough, cover it and rest if for 15mins
• Meanwhile prepare filling
• In a bowl take paneer, mashed potatoes, chaat powder, chilli powder, salt, coriander powder, garam masala powder and mix well and keep aside
• Now in cooking vessel take oil heat it.
• Add chopped green chillies and fry for a minute.
• Now add above paneer, potato mixture and cook for 10 mins by stirring in between.

• Take off from stove transfer into a bowl and let it cool.
• Now to make rotis, divide the dough into 5 equal balls.
• Like chapati’s take one ball flatten it, dust it with some all-purpose flour and make roti’s.
• Place on the hot Tawa and allow it to cook on both sides till you see the dough color change and bubbles start to appear.
• Lastly put the cooked rotis on high flame directly and allow it blow up (like pulaka) and keep aside.
• Add chopped onions, coriander leaves and lemon juice to the above cooled paneer mixture and divide them into 5 parts.
• Now assemble them to rolls take green chutney spread all over the roti and place the above divided paneer mixture on one side and roll the roti tightly to form a roll.
• To serve wrap the lower part of the roll in a tissue or foil. 

Sending this to Let's Go Stuffed Series - LGSS hosted by Vastala, Let's Cook - Break Time Snacks hosted by Radhika, Kid's Delight hosted by Champa originally started by srivalli and Bookmarked Recipes hosted by Priya.